TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18

CLASSWORK

Fahrenheit 451 TEST

HOMEWORK

See Monday's homework

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17

CLASSWORK

• Symbols in Fahrenheit 451
• Prepare for Fahrenheit 451 TEST
• Crossword puzzle

HOMEWORK

• Study for Fahrenheit 451 TEST
• CREATIVE TEST is due Friday. See below (Friday's homework) for a couple of additional suggestions for your characters.
• SAT Vocabulary Test--Words 46-55.
• Looking ahead: We will have a cumulative test--probably on Tuesday before Thanksgiving (November 25)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14

CLASSWORK

• Fahrenheit 451 discussion 
• Presentations of projects 
• SAT QUIZ, including words through #45 on our list
  • The verb "to be"--correct usage
  • Homophones:
    • their, there and they're
    • to, too, and two

HOMEWORK

• Study for Fahrenheit 451 test Tuesday!
• Write about the symbols we listed in class. Are there more in the later reading? Find a quote or two to illustrate them.
• Think about a "Creative Test." This is not due until Friday, November 21. These are mainly choices that YOU suggested today (good ones!), with a couple of additions at the end by me:
  • You may choose one of the following characters and write about him/her, using one or more of the suggested questions or topics. REMEMBER TO WRITE ABOUT HIM/HER IN THE FIRST PERSON!
    • BEATTY
      • Why I took and read so many books
      • Why I wanted to die
    • MILDRED
      • Why I am suicidal
      • Why I turned my husband in
      • Why I loved TV so much (my "Parlour Family")
    • FABER
      • Why I waited so long to do something
      • My own assessment of myself
    • MONTAG
      • Why I appreciate and relate to Clarisse
      • Why I risked everything "just" to read; why I completely changed
      • What really made me rebel
      • My relationship with Mildred
      • My life after the war
    • CLARISSE--WOW, use your imagination!
  • You may rewrite the ending and have it happen quite differently.
  • You may write a short story about a utopia/dystopia of your own invention.

Thursday, NOVEMBER 13

CLASSWORK

• Fahrenheit 451 discussion
• Are your wiki project presentations error free? Let's see...We'll use the laptops.
• Project presentations
• Homophone sentences from yesterday. 
  • their, there and they're
  • to, too, and two

HOMEWORK--TBA

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12

CLASSWORK

• Fahrenheit 451 discussion
• The verb "to be"--correct usage
• Homophones:
  • their, there and they're
  • to, too, and two

HOMEWORK

• Read Fahrenheit 451 through page 165 by Thursday (to the end).
• Finish your sentences with the homophones.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11--VETERANS' DAY/HOLIDAY!

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10

CLASSWORK

• Fahrenheit 451 discussion
• SAT Vocabulary Test and other work returned

HOMEWORK

• Read Fahrenheit 451 through page 150 by Wednesday, 165 (the end) by Thursday.    

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7

CLASSWORK

• SAT Quiz, through #38
• Discuss Fahrenheit 451

HOMEWORK-tba

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6

CLASSWORK-TODAY we will write THE ESSAY. We will do a TERRIFIC JOB!  

HOMEWORK

• SAT Quiz, through #38
• Bring three important questions about Fahrenheit 451 that use CRITICAL THINKING that we can discuss. 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5

CLASSWORK

• In class we will review the basics of essay writing.
• Tomorrow we will write an essay from a prompt.  

HOMEWORK-To be announced

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4ELECTION DAYMAKE YOUR PARENTS VOTE!

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3

CLASSWORK

• A little discussion of Fahrenheit 451 (much more to follow later in the week)
• Politics and the "straw vote." As a class we reversed our previous vote of McCAIN 13, OBAMA 10 to OBAMA 10, McCAIN 8, NADER 2 and CHUCK BALDWIN 2. Go figure!
• On Wednesday we will find out how closely our class reflected the national vote. Let's see...would that be 55% Obama 45% McCain?

HOMEWORK

Please make sure you have read through page 136 in Fahrenheit 451 and that you have completed the study guide. 

• Fahrenheit 451 discussion
• Are your wiki projects/presentations correctly written? Check them on the laptops.
• Presentations of wiki projects
• Verbs and homophones (time permitting)

HOMEWORK-tba